Dr. James T. Monica has been nominated to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (AΩA, AOA). Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, a professional medical organization, is a national honor society that recognizes and advocates for excellence in scholarship and the highest ideals in the profession of medicine.

Dr. Monica’s chapter is the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School AOA Honor Medical Society, and he will become a faculty inductee. Two to four Rutgers medical school faculty members are inducted annually.

States Dr. Monica, “I greatly appreciate being inducted to the AOA Honor Medical Society. Educating medical students and orthopaedic residents is rewarding in and of itself, and receiving this nomination is a bonus.”

According to its website, the mission statement of Alpha Omega Alpha, founded in 1902, is: “Alpha Omega Alpha — dedicated to the belief that in the profession of medicine we will improve care for all by

• recognizing high educational achievement
• honoring gifted teaching
• encouraging the development of leaders in academia and the community
• supporting the ideals of humanism
• promoting service to others.

“Election to Alpha Omega Alpha is an honor signifying a lasting commitment to scholarship, leadership, professionalism, and service. A lifelong honor, membership in the society confers recognition for a physician’s dedication to the profession and art of healing.”